WO2004015239A3 - Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck - Google Patents

Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck Download PDF

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WO2004015239A3
WO2004015239A3 PCT/US2003/024320 US0324320W WO2004015239A3 WO 2004015239 A3 WO2004015239 A3 WO 2004015239A3 US 0324320 W US0324320 W US 0324320W WO 2004015239 A3 WO2004015239 A3 WO 2004015239A3
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deck
buoyancy apparatus
well deck
seabed
restrained
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Edward E Horton Iii
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Deepwater Technologies Inc
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Priority to BRPI0313324-9B1A priority Critical patent/BR0313324B1/en
Priority to EP03784895A priority patent/EP1540127B1/en
Priority to DK03784895T priority patent/DK1540127T3/en
Priority to AU2003257153A priority patent/AU2003257153A1/en
Publication of WO2004015239A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004015239A2/en
Publication of WO2004015239A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004015239A3/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/502—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers by means of tension legs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4406—Articulated towers, i.e. substantially floating structures comprising a slender tower-like hull anchored relative to the marine bed by means of a single articulation, e.g. using an articulated bearing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4413—Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/01—Risers
    • E21B17/012—Risers with buoyancy elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/20—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/002—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E21B19/004—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling supporting a riser from a drilling or production platform
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/442—Spar-type semi-submersible structures, i.e. shaped as single slender, e.g. substantially cylindrical or trussed vertical bodies

Abstract

An offshore floating platform for the drilling and/or production of petroleum products from the seabed includes a production deck and a buoyancy apparatus vertically guided and restrained within the platform. The buoyancy apparatus includes a well deck on its upper surface on which are mounted at least two surface trees. At least two vertical risers are supported by the buoyancy apparatus and are attached to the well deck. Each of the risers is connected to one of the surface trees and extends down through the buoyancy apparatus for connection to a seabed wellhead. At least one tendon assembly secures the buoyancy apparatus to the seabed. The tendon assembly is constructed with at least two concentric tubular tendon elements, and it is attached to the well deck and extends along the vertical centerline of the buoyancy apparatus. A manifold on the well deck is fluidly coupled to the surface trees through a pressure reduction choke, and a low pressure jumper fluidly couples the manifold to petroleum handling apparatus on the production deck.
PCT/US2003/024320 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck WO2004015239A2 (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BRPI0313324-9B1A BR0313324B1 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 "riser system for use on a deep draft floating platform".
EP03784895A EP1540127B1 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck
DK03784895T DK1540127T3 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertical-held buoy and vertical-held fire deck
AU2003257153A AU2003257153A1 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/213,967 2002-08-07
US10/213,967 US6854933B2 (en) 2002-08-07 2002-08-07 Vertically restrained centerwell SPAR
US47891403P 2003-06-16 2003-06-16
US60/478,914 2003-06-16
US10/616,399 US20040052586A1 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-07-09 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck
US10/616,399 2003-07-09

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WO2004015239A3 true WO2004015239A3 (en) 2004-06-03

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EP (1) EP1540127B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2003257153A1 (en)
BR (1) BR0313324B1 (en)
DK (1) DK1540127T3 (en)
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OA12898A (en) 2006-10-13
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